Children with disabilities are aging out of dental care.
Each year thousands of poor children with disabilities "age out" of dental programs that were established to meet their needs. But now they are older. Most states provide minimal if any dental services (with limited reimbursement levels) for adults within the Medicaid system. In an effort to stimulate an awareness of these difficulties, a review is provided of 1) the number of the "former" children with disabilities who are faced with the unavailability of dental services and 2) the limitations of the adult Medicaid dental program.
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Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8706, USA.
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